Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has claimed to have attacked the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain and an airbase using drones and missiles. However, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) has rejected these claims, stating that all incoming threats were successfully intercepted or neutralized.
The IRGC made the claims in response to what it described as a US attack on a communications tower south of Qeshm Island. The US also claimed to have struck and disabled an unladen oil tanker that was sailing towards Iran as part of its naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz.
CENTCOM stated that US forces enforced blockade measures against the Botswana-flagged M/T Lexie as it transited international waters towards Kharg Island. The ship's crew had failed to comply with directions from US forces multiple times over a 24-hour period.
As many as six commercial vessels have been disabled and another 122 redirected since the blockade went into force, according to CENTCOM.
